The Bearded Babies Poem by Guy Richard Baldwin

WHEN AT LONG LAST
THE LABOURED NIGHT
CAST IT'S SPELL
AND THROUGH
TO ANOTHER WORLD I FELL
I WAS GREATED THERE
BY BABIES, BARE
WITH SILVER HAIR
AND BEARED CHINS
WHO TALKED 0F MY SINS
THEN LED ME TO THEIR LAIR
WHERE THEY OFFERED ME UP A PRAYER
AND FED ME ON STEAK, MEDIUM RARE
BUT THEN WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO
THE LITTLE ONES SAID NO!
AND TIED ME TO A CHAIR
USING THEIR SILVER HAIR!
SO IT WAS THAT I BEGAN TO PLEAD
TO BE FROM THEIR CAPTURE FREED
BUT THEIR BIG EYES FILLED WITH WICKED GLEE
AS THEY SKIPPED IN CIRCLES AROUND ME
THEN YOU WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR
AND TOGETHER WE FELL THROUGH THE OPEN FLOOR
INTO THE BILLOWING NIGHT
WITH YOU HOLDING MY HAND TIGHT
TILL FALLING UPON A DISTANT SHORE
AND FINDING MYSELF ALONE ONCEMORE
DID CALL OUT YOUR NAME
BUT ALONE I WAS TO REMAIN
SAT ON THE SAND, FACING THE SEA
FEARING WHAT WAS TO BECOME OF ME
WHEN RIDING ON A WHITE HORSE
SHE CAME TO ADVISE ME OF MY COURSE
A VISION OF DARK SATIN SKIN
EVERY FIBRE OF HER A MORTAL SIN
I WAS AT ONCE AROUSED AND AFRAID
AS UPON ME HER SALTY LIPS WERE LAID
THEN TAKING ME BY THE HAND
SHE LED ME FROM THE SAND
AND INTO THE MOTHER SEA
WHERE I NOW RESIDE, ETERNALY.